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Women's Tennis

Kitto Nominated for Elite Award

PASADENA, CA – Former Caltech women’s tennis player
Rebekah Kitto is one of just three SCIAC women to be nominated for
the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

Also nominated from the SCIAC is Lenore Moreno (La Verne) and
Lauren Rohach (Cal Lutheran).

The Woman of the Year award honors graduating female
student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their
collegiate careers in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
NCAA colleges and universities nominated 446 female
student-athletes for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year
award.

The Jacksonville, Florida native is a four-time SCIAC first-team
selection and was selected to compete at the NCAA Singles
Championships twice.

She graduated as Caltech's all-time leader in career singles wins
(53) as well as the record holder for singles wins in a season
(19).

In addition to her exploits on the tennis courts, she was a
four-time letter winner for the volleyball team.

Kitto earned her degree in Chemistry and will begin her PhD work
in Chemistry and Chemical Biology this fall at UC Berkeley.

ABOUT THE 2014 WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARD

Of the nominees, 205 competed in Division I, 75 competed in
Division II, and 166 competed in Division III athletics.

The NCAA encourages each member school to honor its top graduating
female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for
consideration for the Woman of the Year award.

The Woman of the Year selection committee selects the top 30
honorees – 10 from each division – from the conference
nominees. From among those 30 candidates, the selection committee
determines the top three in each division and announces the top
nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women’s
Athletics will then vote from among the finalists to determine the
2014 NCAA Woman of the Year.

The top 30 honorees will be honored, and the 2014 NCAA Woman of
the Year winner will be announced, at the annual ceremony in
Indianapolis on Sunday, Oct. 19.